Transcribers Comments:When compared to "The Press"
clipping below, there
are only 168 names in
this assisted passenger list so therefore it must be considered
incomplete.

Sources: Christchurch (NZ) Office of National Archives Ref IM CH
4/48
(Shipping Lists), the
original is held in the
Wellington Office.
Newspaper clipping of "ARRIVAL OF SEBASTOPOL"

"The Press", May 23rd 1863

The ship Sebastopol, Captain D Taylor, arrived in Lyttelton
harbour, from
London, on Thursday
evening about 5 p.m., after a protracted passage of over 100
days.
She left Gravesend on the 17th January, and did not clear the
land until
the 9th February,
experiencing heavy gales all the time.
Her passenger list includes 17 in the 1st, and 27 in the 2nd
cabin, besides
205 assisted
Government emigrants. The passengers speak highly of the Captain,
surgeon,
and officers,
and a few days before arrival presented them with testimonials,
the one
given to the Captain
consisting of a purse of sovereigns and an address containing 230
signatures.
This ship has been exceedingly free from sickness, no deaths
having
occurred during the voyage,
but 3 births and one marriage. During the early part of the
passage she
spoke several ships
bound to India and China.
Sources: Canterbury City Council Library,Christchurch.